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Fighting off seizures
Thu, 09/10/2009 - 21:36Comments
Re: Fighting off seizures
Submitted by pewter on Sat, 2009-09-12 - 21:47
I haven't "fought off" a seizure but I have had incidents where I have a "heightened sense of alert" sensation.
It's like... I can feel a seizure is initiating.
I get my "smell" or my intense anxiety swell, then it seems like my brain starts to go into the next bit of the seizure - but then it just settles back down and I'm just kinda disoriented and odd feeling afterward. As well as a bit exhausted.
I haven't "fought off" a seizure but I have had incidents where I have a "heightened sense of alert" sensation.
It's like... I can feel a seizure is initiating.
I get my "smell" or my intense anxiety swell, then it seems like my brain starts to go into the next bit of the seizure - but then it just settles back down and I'm just kinda disoriented and odd feeling afterward. As well as a bit exhausted.
Re: Fighting off seizures
Submitted by Seruzies on Fri, 2009-09-11 - 02:27
I know that "fight-off a seizure" feeling and afterwards, I knew what had just happened. I was having a powerful aura that didn't turn into a seizure. My whole body tensed, and my head started spinning. I was aware the whole time but couldn't stop it. After a few minutes, my body relaxed and I felt "normal" again. I never "convulsed" but I felt like I could have. As soon as it stopped, I said to myself, "I know what that was, I just had a very strong aura."